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Chris Brown may be hitting his musical stride again. Notching Greatest Gainer/Airplay honors for a second straight week, the singer is this close to notching a top 10 hit on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with "Deuces." The breakup song-featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall-moves 15-11 in its sixth week on the chart. Released to iTunes June 29 along with another new Brown song, "No B.S.," "Deuces" moves 60-59 on the Digital Songs chart. Up 11% in digital sales, the song […]

Although Ce'Cile has been consistent in churning out hits locally (her most recent include Anything and Black Coffee), she has managed to score most of her mainstream successes outside of Jamaica. Last year, she topped the German R&B Singles chart with Hot Like We and a few weeks ago Talk Talk mouthed its way to number 10. Now Ce'Cile is hoping to strike it big in the UK as her collaboration Gold Dust with DJ Fresh has debuted in the […]

A guest spot on Germany's top reggae artiste Gentleman's current single To the Top, has opened up new doors for former Digicel Rising Stars winner, Christopher Martin. Martin, who is yet to score a mainstream hit here in Jamaica, has seen a turnaround in his career thanks to the chance recording with the German star. "It's a good feeling to see how things are going. It's really wonderful and it goes to show that the work that I have been […]

Khago's debut single Cyaan Cool, is proving to be more than just words to a song, but a self-fulfilling prophecy. In the heat of this summer, Khago blazes with the very popular Nah Sell Out. The single has been getting major airplay and seems set to propel the singer to dancehall stardom. Riding on the popularity of Nah Sell Out, Khago is rapidly becoming a sought after performer. His debut Reggae Sumfest performance in July to performing at 'A St […]

Reggae's fastest rising cultural artiste, Byiome 'I-Octane' Muir, is poised to take his career to another level. The artiste boldly staked his claim on Dancehall Night at the recent Reggae Sumfest with a memorable performance and has consistently followed through since, entertaining his fans and silencing all detractors. Quite in demand leading up to and during the Independence season, the reggae act, who has been chosen by telecoms giant, Digicel, as one of the faces of the Next Generation, performed […]

(Kingston, Jamaica) Jamaicans observed Emancipation Day on Monday August 2nd and celebrated 48 years of Independence on August 6th, 2010. The celebrations came right after the suspension of a two month long State of Emergency in Kingston and St. Andrew. Entertainment was inevitable; the spirit of Emancipation and Independence was felt across the island like it has never been for the past 20 years. The artistes knew they had a role to play, they too felt the brunt of the […]

Kingston, Jamaica: - Negril was transformed into PARADISE at the Hedonism II Resort to celebrate Jamaica's 48th year of Independence and it was one crazy, wild & exciting weekend from August 5 to 8. The entire weekend was jam packed with events & activities hosted by Rockwildaz Entertainment, and one such exciting elements, was the rising singer Kimberly Nain who wowed her audience of visitors from all over the world with 6 breathtaking performances over 2 nights. Kimberly Nain in […]

For reggae singer Windel Edwards, more popularly known as Gyptian, the past few months have been extremely hectic and currently show no signs of slowing down. Cristy Barber, vice-president of marketing and promotions at VP Records, yesterday told THE WEEKEND STAR that the singer would begin touring with Nas and Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley come the end of the August on their Distant Relatives Tour. The news broke yesterday while on set of his video for his second single Nah […]